What Is Important To You? Grateful For?

May 16th, 2010

Sometimes it is easy to lose focus and fall into the “why me?” way of thinking.  Of course we are caught up in what we sometimes think as life rather than the reality that we have created for ourselves.  We lose perspective. What can we do about this?  How can we make a dramatic shift?  [...]

A Hiking We Will Go Or Should That Be I Will Go

March 7th, 2010

Looking at my previous post which was quite awhile ago when the Olympic Torch passed through our local community. It actually started in Victoria, BC and was quite impressive, then traveled across the country and to parts far north. People became quite emotional about it and the Olympic Games in Vancouver and Whistler, BC turned [...]

Happy Canada Day July 1, 2009

July 1st, 2009

It is a beautiful day here in Victoria, BC Canada.  Canada is officially 142 years young today. Lots of celebrations going on all across the nation.  Wishing all the Canucks a Happy Canada Day. Celebration brings up the subject of music for me. Music transcends the mundane and uplifts us.   Canada has a history of [...]

Beautiful Snow Covered Mountain View From Mt. Tolmie Victoria, BC

February 20th, 2009

I did a short hike up Mt. Tolmie this morning and took along my fujifilm camera to see what I could see and photograph from the top. It is taken on a beautiful sunny day in Victoria, BC. Yes, that is a snow covered mountain to the east and the view from up there is [...]